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Re: [RC] rattlesnake season - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVMThe vet (he's also our friend and vet too) seemed to think the hoses were a bad idea - yet every article and website I've seen says to do this. Any ideas? Would she have been ok without them? I have very limited experience with treating rattlesnake bites, but did work on a horse last year in Colorado who needed an emergency tracheotomy (hole cut into the trachea down along the neck) to breathe. He'd been bitten square on the nose and both nostrils were completely blocked---I would think that a hose up one or both nostrils would have been a very helpful thing for him, had not the owner gotten him into the hospital pronto. JME, though, not sure if this was the exception or the rule. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM ============================================================ They're athletes! This is a partnership between horse and rider - we don't have any jockeys out there, just pals and partners. We'd allow a rider with a broken foot, a sore back and a nasty cold to compete - but we would never let a horse in a similiar condition hit the trail. ~ Dr. Barney Flemming DVM ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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